Shared Motifs and Figures in the Archaic of the Cajamarca Highlands: New Data from the site of Callacpuma

Summary

The northern Andes, and in particular the Cajamarca region, has for years seen a dearth of archaeological investigation into the lithic, or archaic period. This is surprising given early investigation in the region by Augusto Cardich whose excavations at caves like Cumbe yielded archaic period occupations dated to 8,500 B.C. More recent work at Conga and Maqui Maqui north of the Cajamarca basin have documented hunter-gatherer occupations including projectile points dating to approximately 12,000 BP. Here I synthesize some of this work and present preliminary impressions related to rock art motifs and figures shared between the sites of Callacpuma in the Cajamarca Basin and the sites of Maqui Maqui and Conga to the north.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)   •
• Continuity and Change in the Peruvian North Highlands: Current Research in the Cajamarca Region

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